Tag Archives: Judge James P. Jones

A mother-daughter alleged oxycodone distribution team cannot suppress evidence seized from the daughter’s home or from the mother’s person when she was frisked, in this case from Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court. The mother-daughter pair had been under investigation ...

A former employee suspected of publicizing managers’ salaries and social security numbers during a labor strike can sue under Virginia’s “insulting words” statute on an allegation that she was falsely accused of criminal conduct, says an Abingdon U.S. District Court. ...

An Abingdon U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff school administrators’ suit against defendant school board under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which alleges that defendants violated the administrators’ constitutionally protected right to a continuing contract by notifying them at one point that ...

This case arose out of an automobile accident that aggravated an underlying spinal stenosis. Plaintiff had a C-4 through C-7 fusion and surgery on his lower back. Evidence presented in negotiations consisted of a transcript of the underlying traffic case ...

In a contractor’s suit against a tile subcontractor for installation of allegedly defective kitchen floors in several jails in Southwest Virginia, an Abingdon U.S. District Court says a claim for breach of implied warranty is not time-barred because the UCC’s ...

The “mailbox rule” does not apply to save this untimely notice filed by a pro se prisoner, says an Abingdon U.S. District Court. A notice of appeal in this case was due no later than Oct. 12, 2009. An extension ...

A 60-year-old child molester, on probation for a firearm offense, can be restricted from possession of pornography, alcohol abuse and associating with children, but he can’t be subjected to a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew and prevented from all ...

A former employee at a Head Start program who successfully prosecuted a False Claims Act exposing the agency’s submission of fraudulent claims to the federal government for an agency retreat wins his suit for agency retaliation against him, and the ...

A nonprofit independent living center wins summary judgment in this suit by a blind plaintiff who alleges he was discharged from his job in violation of § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act; an Abingdon U.S. District Court says plaintiff did ...